Bruce Lee was a man of startling contradictions. His creation of Jeet Kune Do - his own personal expression of the martial arts - firmly established him as a master. This book is an analysis and an appreciation of the man who truly became a legend in his own time; a warrior whose every thought, word, and action was aimed toward a more perfect combination of philosophy and the art of fighting. Here is all that is known of the innermost secrets of the incomparable combatant, Bruce Lee; a man who dared to transcend the ancient disciplines and shape them into his own image.
The Wisdom of Bruce Lee was one of the first books to present Bruce Lee's philosophy on life and the martial arts.
Written by Roger Hutchinson and Felix Dennis in 1976, The Wisdom of Bruce Lee was never published in the UK, despite a direct marketing strategy in the famous Kung-Fu Monthly poster magazine.
As part of the Kung-Fu Monthly Archive Series, The Wisdom of Bruce Lee is published for the first time in the UK with a history of the book and an exclusive interview with the original author, Roger Hutchinson.
Carl Fox & Andrew Staton: - CARL FOX was a staff member of the Bruce and Brandon Lee Association and a writer for Impact, Martial Arts Illustrated and Eastern Heroes magazines. His first book, The Bruce Lee Society: A Retrospective Look at Bruce Lee Mania and the Kung Fu Craze of the 1970s was released through Promethean Press in April 2021. His work has been featured in several newspaper publications including The Barnsley Chronicle and The South China Morning Post. He currently co-hosts the popular podcast Flat Cap Chat.ANDREW J. STATON has been involved with the Bruce Lee phenomena since 1974. In the 1980s, he began running the Bruce Lee Collectors Club, which later became The Bruce and Brandon Lee Association. Staton has worked on many film and TV documentaries and was an associate producer on Bruce Lee Martial Arts Master. He has written hundreds of articles and supplements for the magazines Impact and Martial Arts Illustrated and more recently, wrote the Jun Fan Journal column for the magazine World of Martial Arts. He currently focuses on the Jun Fan Journal Facebook page and magazine dedicated to Bruce and Brandon Lee news.
Roger Hutchinson & Felix Dennis: - "ROGER HUTCHINSON is an award-winning author and journalist from Farnworth in Lancashire. In his final year at Bretton Hall College in Barnsley, he founded and edited Sad Traffic - later becoming alternative newspaper, STYNG (Sad Traffic Yorkshire News & Gossip). After meeting Kung-Fu Monthly founder Felix Dennis in London, he moved to the capital to work with him on Oz, International Times and Time Out, later becoming a freelance journalist.After relocating to Skye, Hutchinson joined the West Highland Free Press. He is currently a feature journalist, columnist and reviewer for the West Highland Free Press, The Scotsman, The Herald, The Guardian and The Press & Journal. He has won several awards, including North of Scotland Feature Writer of the Year and UK Weekly Sports Writer of the Year. His 1990 book Polly: The True Story Behind Whisky Galore, was shortlisted for The Royal Society of Literature's Ondaatje Prize.FELIX DENNIS was a poet, publisher and philanthropist from Kingston-upon-Thames. In 1967, he began selling copies of Oz magazine, later becoming a designer, writer and eventually editor for the counterculture publication, where, along with Richard Neville and Jim Anderson, Dennis found himself in the dock at the Old Bailey under the Obscenities Act.After the Oz trial, Dennis founded the legendary poster magazine Kung-Fu Monthly, which ran from 1974 to 1984, spawning seventy-nine issues and several books. In addition to Kung-Fu Monthly, he produced other popular magazines covering various films, TV shows, pop stars and sporting celebrities of the time. His magazine Personal Computer World turned Dennis into a publishing megapower.In later life, Dennis became an accomplished poet, publishing several poetry books and embarking on several world reading tours. He passed away in 2014."
